There are about 420 known moth species of Ivory Coast. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.

This is a list of moth species which have been recorded in Ivory Coast.

Arctiidae

• Acantharctia lacteata Rothschild, 1933
• Acantharctia mundata (Walker, 1865)
• Afrasura discocellularis (Strand, 1912)
• Afroarctia sjostedti (Aurivillius, 1900)
• Afrowatsonius marginalis (Walker, 1855)
• Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781)
• Amata stictoptera Rothschild, 1910
• Amerila brunnea (Hampson, 1901)
• Amerila fennia (Druce, 1887)
• Amerila luteibarba (Hampson, 1901)
• Amerila niveivitrea (Bartel, 1903)
• Amerila puella (Fabricius, 1793)
• Amerila roseomarginata (Rothschild, 1910)
• Amerila rothi (Rothschild, 1910)
• Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780)
• Amerila vitrea Plötz, 1880
• Argina amanda (Boisduval, 1847)
• Balacra flavimacula Walker, 1856
• Balacra herona (Druce, 1887)
• Balacra preussi (Aurivillius, 1904)
• Balacra pulchra Aurivillius, 1892
• Balacra rubricincta Holland, 1893
• Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893
• Epilacydes pseudoscita Dubatolov, 2006
• Metarctia didyma Kiriakoff, 1957
• Metarctia sheljuzhkoi Kiriakoff, 1961
• Nanna griseata Kühne, 2007
• Pseudothyretes perpusilla (Walker, 1856)
• Rhipidarctia invaria (Walker, 1856)
• Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855
• Spilosoma immaculata Bartel, 1903
• Spilosoma togoensis Bartel, 1903
• Teracotona pardalina Bartel, 1903

Brahmaeidae

• Dactyloceras lucina (Drury, 1872)

Crambidae

• Achyra massalis (Walker, 1859)
• Agrotera fumosa Hampson, 1898
• Calamotropha lempkei Schouten, 1993
• Calamotropha snelleni Schouten, 1993
• Calamotropha toonderi Schouten, 1993
• Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis (Boisduval, 1833)
• Culladia troglodytellus (Snellen, 1872)
• Culladiella anjai Schouten, 1993
• Elophila africalis (Hampson, 1906)
• Eoophyla tetropalis (Hampson, 1906)
• Eoophyla tripunctalis (Snellen, 1872)
• Euchromius gnathosellus Schouten, 1988
• Euchromius zephyrus Błeszyński, 1962
• Glyphodes onychinalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Haritalodes polycymalis (Hampson, 1912)
• Nymphicula perirrorata (Hampson, 1917)
• Palpita elealis (Walker, 1859)
• Parapoynx bipunctalis (Hampson, 1906)
• Parapoynx stagnalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Pardomima amyntusalis (Walker, 1859)
• Pardomima callixantha Martin, 1955
• Pardomima distortana (Strand, 1913)
• Pardomima phaeoparda Martin, 1955
• Pardomima phalaromima (Meyrick, 1933)
• Pardomima telanepsia Martin, 1955
• Phryganodes biguttata Hampson, 1898
• Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798)
• Poliobotys ablactalis (Walker, 1859)
• Psara brunnealis (Hampson, 1913)
• Pseudocatharylla nemesis Błeszyński, 1964
• Pseudonoorda edulis Maes & Poligui, 2012
• Pygospila tyres (Cramer, 1780)
• Scirpophaga occidentella (Walker, 1863)
• Sufetula nigrescens Hampson, 1912
• Syllepte glebalis (Lederer, 1863)
• Syllepte ovialis (Walker, 1859)
• Syllepte retractalis (Hampson, 1912)
• Syllepte torsipex (Hampson, 1898)
• Syllepte xanthothorax (Meyrick, 1933)
• Synclera traducalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Ulopeza conigeralis Zeller, 1852
• Zebronia phenice (Cramer, 1780)

Drepanidae

• Callidrepana serena Watson, 1965
• Epicampoptera difficilis Hering, 1934
• Epicampoptera ivoirensis Watson, 1965
• Epicampoptera marantica (Tams, 1930)
• Epicampoptera strandi Bryk, 1913
• Gonoreta differenciata (Bryk, 1913)
• Gonoreta opacifinis Watson, 1965
• Gonoreta subtilis (Bryk, 1913)
• Isospidia angustipennis (Warren, 1904)
• Negera bimaculata Holland 1893
• Negera confusa Walker, 1855
• Negera natalensis (Felder, 1874)
• Spidia fenestrata Butler, 1878
• Spidia planola Watson, 1965
• Spidia subviridis (Warren, 1899)
• Uranometra oculata (Holland, 1893)

Eupterotidae

• Stenoglene nivalis (Rothschild, 1917)
• Stenoglene roseus (Druce, 1886)
• Urojana eborea Gaede, 1915

Euteliidae

• Chlumetia griseapicata Laporte, 1970
• Eutelia guerouti Laporte, 1970
• Eutelia hayesi Laporte, 1970
• Eutelia subrubens (Mabille, 1890)

Geometridae

• Bathycolpodes explanata Herbulot, 1986
• Bathycolpodes semigrisea (Warren, 1897)
• Bathycolpodes vuattouxi Herbulot, 1972
• Chiasmia impar (Warren, 1897)
• Chiasmia rectilinea (Warren, 1905)
• Chlorissa allochroma Prout, 1920
• Chlorodrepana pauliani Herbulot, 1972
• Cleora rostella D. S. Fletcher, 1967
• Comibaena hemictenes Prout, 1917
• Comostolopsis stillata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
• Cyclophora dewitzi (Prout, 1920)
• Cyclophora poeciloptera (Prout, 1920)
• Dithecodes ornithospila (Prout, 1911)
• Epigynopteryx tabitha Warren, 1901
• Eupithecia atomaria (Warren, 1902)
• Geolyces convexaria (Mabille, 1890)
• Lathochlora perversa Prout, 1915
• Megadrepana cinerea Holland, 1893
• Melinoessa amplissimata (Walker, 1863)
• Melinoessa aureola Prout, 1934
• Mesothisa graciliinea Warren, 1905
• Metallochlora misera Prout, 1920
• Miantochora picturata Herbulot, 1985
• Oxyfidonia despecta (Warren, 1905)
• Plegapteryx anomalus Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
• Prasinocyma rhodocycla Prout, 1917
• Racotis angulosa Herbulot, 1973
• Racotis squalida (Butler, 1878)
• Racotis zebrina Warren, 1899
• Scopula acidalia (Holland, 1894)
• Scopula anoista (Prout, 1915)
• Scopula fimbrilineata (Warren, 1902)
• Scopula paradelpharia Prout, 1920
• Scopula pseudophema Prout, 1920
• Scopula pyraliata (Warren, 1898)
• Scopula rufinubes (Warren, 1900)
• Scopula supina Prout, 1920
• Unnamed genus Ennominae contenta (Prout, 1915)
• Zamarada acalantis Herbulot, 2001
• Zamarada acrochra Prout, 1928
• Zamarada adumbrata D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada amymone Prout, 1934
• Zamarada antimima D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada bicuspida D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada bonaberiensis Strand, 1915
• Zamarada corroborata Herbulot, 1954
• Zamarada crystallophana Mabille, 1900
• Zamarada cucharita D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada cydippe Herbulot, 1954
• Zamarada dentigera Warren, 1909
• Zamarada dilucida Warren, 1909
• Zamarada dyscapna D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada emaciata D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada eucharis (Drury, 1782)
• Zamarada euerces Prout, 1928
• Zamarada euphrosyne Oberthür, 1912
• Zamarada geitaina D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada ignicosta Prout, 1912
• Zamarada indicata D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada ixiaria Swinhoe, 1904
• Zamarada karischi Herbulot, 1998
• Zamarada labifera Prout, 1915
• Zamarada leona Gaede, 1915
• Zamarada lepta D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada melanopyga Herbulot, 1954
• Zamarada melpomene Oberthür, 1912
• Zamarada mimesis D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada nasuta Warren, 1897
• Zamarada paxilla D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada perlepidata (Walker, 1863)
• Zamarada platycephala D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada protrusa Warren, 1897
• Zamarada reflexaria (Walker, 1863)
• Zamarada regularis D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada sicula D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada subinterrupta Gaede, 1915
• Zamarada suda D. S. Fletcher, 1974
• Zamarada triangularis Gaede, 1915
• Zamarada vulpina Warren, 1897
• Zamarada xyele D. S. Fletcher, 1974

Gracillariidae

• Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, 1856

Lasiocampidae

• Cheligium nigrescens (Aurivillius, 1909)
• Cheligium sansei Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
• Cleopatrina bilinea (Walker, 1855)
• Filiola dogma Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
• Filiola fulgurata (Aurivillius, 1909)
• Filiola lanceolata (Hering, 1932)
• Filiola occidentale (Strand, 1912)
• Gelo calcarales Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
• Gonopacha brotoessa (Holland, 1893)
• Grellada imitans (Aurivillius, 1893)
• Lechriolepis tamsi Talbot, 1927
• Morongea avoniffi (Tams, 1929)
• Morongea flavipicta (Tams, 1929)
• Morongea mastodont Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
• Muzunguja rectilineata (Aurivillius, 1900)
• Odontocheilopteryx haribda Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2009
• Odontocheilopteryx phoneus Hering, 1928
• Opisthodontia diva Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
• Opisthodontia sidha Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
• Pachyna subfascia (Walker, 1855)
• Pachytrina honrathii (Dewitz, 1881)
• Pachytrina ornata Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
• Pachytrina wenigina Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
• Sonitha libera (Aurivillius, 1914)
• Stenophatna dentata (Aurivillius, 1899)
• Stenophatna hollandi (Tams, 1929)
• Stenophatna kahli (Tams, 1929)
• Stoermeriana amblycalymma (Tams, 1936)
• Theophasida cardinalli (Tams, 1926)
• Theophasida serafim Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010

Limacodidae

• Halseyia extenuata (Hering, 1937)

Lymantriidae

• Aroa discalis Walker, 1855
• Aroa eugonia Collenette, 1953
• Batella muscosa (Holland, 1893)
• Cifuna marginenotata Hering, 1926
• Dasychira chorista Hering, 1926
• Dasychira clathrata (Holland, 1893)
• Dasychira gonophoroides Collenette, 1939
• Dasychira hodoepora Collenette, 1960
• Dasychira laeliopsis Hering, 1926
• Dasychira omissa Hering, 1926
• Dasychira pais Hering, 1926
• Dasychira pollux Hering, 1926
• Dasychira punctifera (Walker, 1857)
• Eudasychira georgiana (Fawcett, 1900)
• Euproctis conizona Collenette, 1933
• Euproctis dewitzi (Grünberg, 1907)
• Griveaudyria ila (Swinhoe, 1904)
• Lomadonta citrago Hering, 1926
• Marbla paradoxa (Hering, 1926)
• Naroma varipes (Walker, 1865)
• Orgyia vaporata Hering, 1926
• Otroeda hesperia (Cramer, 1779)
• Paqueta chloroscia (Hering, 1926)
• Pseudonotodonta virescens (Möschler, 1887)
• Rahona hecqui Dall'Asta, 1981
• Stracena promelaena (Holland, 1893)

Metarbelidae

• Haberlandia hollowayi Lehmann, 2011
• Haberlandia janzi Lehmann, 2011
• Haberlandia tempeli Lehmann, 2011
• Haberlandia taiensis Lehmann, 2011
• Lebedodes wichgrafi (Grünberg, 1910)
• Salagena fuscata Gaede, 1929

Noctuidae

• Achaea albicilia (Walker, 1858)
• Acontia citrelinea Bethune-Baker, 1911
• Acontia eburnea Hacker, 2010
• Acontia fastrei Hacker, Legrain & Fibiger, 2010
• Acontia wahlbergi Wallengren, 1856
• Agrapha polycampta (Dufay, 1972)
• Aegocera rectilinea Boisduval, 1836
• Aletia vuattouxi (Laporte, 1973)
• Amazonides atrisignoides Laporte, 1974
• Apaegocera argyrogramma Hampson, 1905
• Argyrogramma subaerea Dufay, 1972
• Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773)
• Aspidifrontia lamtoensis Laporte, 1974
• Audea kathrina Kühne, 2005
• Audea paulumnodosa Kühne, 2005
• Busseola fusca (Fuller, 1901)
• Cerocala albicornis Berio, 1966
• Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773)
• Diparopsis watersi (Rothschild, 1901)
• Dysgonia pudica (Möschler, 1887)
• Feliniopsis ivoriensis (Laporte, 1973)
• Helicoverpa assulta (Guenée, 1852)
• Heraclia geryon (Fabricius, 1781)
• Heraclia longipennis (Walker, 1854)
• Hypena laceratalis Walker, 1859
• Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]
• Janseodes melanospila (Guenée, 1852)
• Marcipa aequatorialis Pelletier, 1975
• Marcipalina albescens (Pelletier, 1975)
• Massaga monteirona Butler, 1874
• Metagarista triphaenoides Walker, 1854
• Mitrophrys magna (Walker, 1854)
• Mythimna languida (Walker, 1858)
• Omphaloceps triangularis (Mabille, 1893)
• Oraesia cerne (Fawcett, 1916)
• Oruza divisa (Walker, 1862)
• Phaegorista leucomelas (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
• Pseudoarcte melanis (Mabille, 1890)
• Sarothroceras banaka (Plötz, 1880)
• Schausia gladiatoria (Holland, 1893)
• Serrodes trispila (Mabille, 1890)
• Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
• Thiacidas berenice (Fawcett, 1916)
• Thiacidas dukei (Pinhey, 1968)
• Thiacidas ivoiriana Hacker & Zilli, 2010
• Thiacidas juvenis Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• Thiacidas legraini Hacker & Zilli, 2007
• Thiacidas mukim (Berio, 1977)
• Thiacidas occidentalis Hacker & Zilli, 2010
• Thiacidas schausi (Hampson, 1905)
• Thiacidas senex (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
• Ugia duplicilinea Hampson, 1926

Notodontidae

• Acrasiella curvilinea (Swinhoe, 1907)
• Afroplitis orestes (Kiriakoff, 1955)
• Amphiphalera leuconephra Hampson, 1910
• Anaphe etiennei Schouteden, 1912
• Anaphe reticulata Walker, 1855
• Anaphe venata Butler, 1878
• Andocidia tabernaria Kiriakoff, 1958
• Antheua bidentata (Hampson, 1910)
• Antheua bossumensis (Gaede, 1915)
• Antheua extenuata Walker, 1869
• Antheua simplex Walker, 1855
• Antheua trifasciata (Hampson, 1909)
• Archinadata aurivilliusi (Kiriakoff, 1954)
• Arciera grisea (Holland, 1893)
• Atrasana pujoli Kiriakoff, 1964
• Belisaria camerunica Kiriakoff, 1965
• Bernardita albiplagiata (Gaede, 1928)
• Boscawenia bryki (Schultze, 1934)
• Boscawenia incerta (Schultze, 1934)
• Boscawenia jaspidea (Schultze, 1934)
• Boscawenia latifasciata (Gaede, 1928)
• Boscawenia rectangulata (Gaede, 1928)
• Bostrychogyna bella (Bethune-Baker, 1913)
• Brachychira dives Kiriakoff, 1960
• Brachychira excellens (Rothschild, 1917)
• Catarctia biseriata (Plötz, 1880)
• Catarctia divisa (Walker, 1855)
• Catarctia terminipuncta Hampson, 1910
• Cerurina marshalli (Hampson, 1910)
• Chlorochadisra chlorochroa Kiriakoff, 1968
• Chlorochadisra viridipulverea (Gaede, 1928)
• Crestonica bicolor Kiriakoff, 1968
• Crestonica circulosa (Gaede, 1928)
• Daulopaectes trichosa (Hampson, 1910)
• Deinarchia apateloides (Holland, 1893)
• Desmeocraera albicans Gaede, 1928
• Desmeocraera amaura Kiriakoff, 1968
• Desmeocraera bimaculata Kiriakoff, 1968
• Desmeocraera chloeropsis (Holland, 1893)
• Desmeocraera congoana Aurivillius, 1900
• Desmeocraera invaria Kiriakoff, 1958
• Desmeocraera latex (Druce, 1901)
• Desmeocraera latifasciata Gaede, 1928
• Desmeocraera leucophaea Gaede, 1928
• Desmeocraera oleacea Kiriakoff, 1958
• Desmeocraera varia (Walker, 1855)
• Desmeocraera vernalis Distant, 1897
• Desmeocraerula senicula Kiriakoff, 1963
• Elaphrodes duplex (Gaede, 1928)
• Elaphrodes nephocrossa Bethune-Baker, 1909
• Enomotarcha chloana (Holland, 1893)
• Epanaphe carteri (Walsingham, 1885)
• Epanaphe clara (Holland, 1893)
• Epicerura pulverulenta (Hampson, 1910)
• Epidonta brunneomixta (Mabille, 1897)
• Epidonta transversa (Gaede, 1928)
• Epimetula albipuncta (Gaede, 1928)
• Eurystaura albipuncta Kiriakoff, 1968
• Eurystaura dysstroma Kiriakoff, 1968
• Eurystauridia olivacea (Gaede, 1928)
• Eurystauridia viola (Kiriakoff, 1962)
• Gargettoscrancia albolineata (Strand, 1912)
• Harpandrya aeola Bryk, 1913
• Harpandrya gemella Kiriakoff, 1966
• Harpandrya recussa Kiriakoff, 1966
• Iphigeniella prasina Kiriakoff, 1962
• Iridoplitis iridescens Kiriakoff, 1955
• Janthinisca flavipennis (Hampson, 1910)
• Janthinisca griveaudi Kiriakoff, 1968
• Leptonadatoides incurvata Kiriakoff, 1968
• Liriochroa veronica Kiriakoff, 1968
• Notoxantha sesamiodes Hampson, 1910
• Odontoperas lineata Kiriakoff, 1968
• Odontoperas luteimacula Kiriakoff, 1964
• Odontoperas obliqualinea (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
• Odontoperas rosacea Kiriakoff, 1959
• Odontoperas rubricosta Kiriakoff, 1959
• Paradiastema nigrocincta Aurivillius, 1901
• Paradiastema pulverea Hampson, 1910
• Parascrancia chadisroides Kiriakoff, 1968
• Parastaura divisa Gaede, 1928
• Peratodonta olivacea Gaede, 1928
• Polelassothys callista Tams, 1930
• Pseudoscrancia africana (Holland, 1893)
• Pygaerina lamto Kiriakoff, 1968
• Pygaerina lugubris Gaede, 1928
• Pygaerina nigridorsa Kiriakoff, 1968
• Quista subcarnea Kiriakoff, 1968
• Rasemia macrodonta (Hampson, 1909)
• Rhenea arcuata Kiriakoff, 1968
• Scalmicauda albunea Kiriakoff, 1968
• Scalmicauda andraemon Kiriakoff, 1968
• Scalmicauda benga Holland, 1893
• Scalmicauda bicolorata Gaede, 1928
• Scalmicauda decorata Kiriakoff, 1962
• Scalmicauda hoesemanni (Strand, 1911)
• Scalmicauda tessmanni (Strand, 1911)
• Scrancia arcuata Kiriakoff, 1962
• Scrancia buteo Kiriakoff, 1968
• Scrancia dryotriorchis Kiriakoff, 1968
• Scrancia modesta Holland, 1893
• Scrancia stictica Hampson, 1910
• Scrancia tridens Kiriakoff, 1963
• Scrancia viridis Gaede, 1928
• Scranciola rufula (Hampson, 1910)
• Someropsis viriditincta Strand, 1912
• Stemmatophalera semiflava (Hampson, 1910)
• Synete dirki Kiriakoff, 1959
• Synete strix Kiriakoff, 1968
• Synete vaumaculata Kiriakoff, 1962
• Tmetopteryx bisecta (Rothschild, 1917)
• Tricholoba immodica Strand, 1911
• Tricholoba trisignata Strand, 1911

Pterophoridae

• Cosmoclostis schouteni Gielis, 1990
• Exelastis vuattouxi Bigot, 1970
• Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)
• Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)
• Pterophorus albidus (Zeller, 1852)
• Pterophorus candidalis (Walker, 1864)
• Pterophorus lampra (Bigot, 1969)
• Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker, 1864)
• Stenoptilia bandamae Bigot, 1964
• Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)

Pyralidae

• Endotricha vinolentalis Ragonot, 1891
• Mussidia nigrivenella Ragonot, 1888

Saturniidae

• Epiphora bedoci (Bouvier, 1829)
• Epiphora vacunoides (Testout, 1948)
• Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1772)
• Ludia obscura Aurivillius, 1893
• Micragone rougeriei Bouyer, 2008
• Orthogonioptilum falcatissimum Rougeot, 1971
• Pseudobunaea irius (Fabricius, 1793)

Sphingidae

• Falcatula cymatodes (Rothschild & Jordan, 1912)
• Hippotion aporodes Rothschild & Jordan, 1912
• Lophostethus dumolinii (Angas, 1849)
• Lycosphingia hamatus (Dewitz, 1879)
• Neopolyptychus ancylus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1916)
• Neopolyptychus consimilis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• Neopolyptychus spurrelli (Rothschild & Jordan, 1912)
• Nephele bipartita Butler, 1878
• Pantophaea jordani (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)
• Phylloxiphia bicolor (Rothschild, 1894)
• Platysphinx stigmatica (Mabille, 1878)
• Platysphinx vicaria Jordan, 1920
• Poliana buchholzi (Plötz, 1880)
• Polyptychus andosa Walker, 1856
• Polyptychus carteri (Butler, 1882)
• Polyptychus orthographus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Polyptychus paupercula (Holland, 1889)
• Pseudenyo benitensis Holland, 1889
• Rhadinopasa hornimani (Druce, 1880)
• Sphingonaepiopsis nana (Walker, 1856)
• Temnora atrofasciata Holland, 1889
• Temnora curtula Rothschild & Jordan, 1908
• Temnora radiata (Karsch, 1892)
• Temnora sardanus (Walker, 1856)

Thyrididae

• Dysodia magnifica Whalley, 1968
• Dysodia vitrina (Boisduval, 1829)

Tineidae

• Acridotarsa melipecta (Meyrick, 1915)
• Cimitra fetialis (Meyrick, 1917)
• Monopis megalodelta Meyrick, 1908
• Pitharcha chalinaea Meyrick, 1908
• Silosca licziae Gozmány, 1967
• Syncalipsis typhodes (Meyrick, 1917)

Tortricidae

• Eccopsis wahlbergiana Zeller, 1852
• Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick, 1913)

Zygaenidae

• Chalconycles albipalpis Hampson, 1920

References

External links

• De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera)". Afromoths.